2012 Summer Lecture Series Calendar (PDF)
The Biological Station is pleased to present our 2012 Summer Lecture Series.
All events are free and open to the public.
Lectures are at 7:30 p.m. in the Marian P. and David M. Gates Lecture Hall or the Alumni Room (located upstairs in the Gates Lecture Hall).
All-Camp Lectures address broad topics and are aimed at a general audience. Research Seminars focus on detailed questions, methods and results.
All events are free and open to the public.
Tuesday, May 29, All-Camp Lecture
Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Does More Than Warm the Planet: Direct Effect on Plants, Herbivores, and Natural Enemies
David Karowe, Professor, Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University
Tuesday, June 26, All-Camp Lecture
Plankton Seasonality and Recurring Hypoxia in Lake Erie
Hunter Carrick, Professor, Biology, Central Michigan University
Tuesday, July 3, Olin Sewell Pettingill All-Camp Lecture in Natural History
Biological Invasions: A Conceptual Framework and Systematic Review
Jessica Gurevitch, Professor, Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University
Wednesday, July 4, Olin Sewell Pettingill Research Seminar in Natural History
Ecological Research Synthesis: New Wine in Old Bottles
Jessica Gurevitch
Tuesday, July 10, All-Camp Lecture
The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON): From Petals to Petabytes
Lou Pitelka, Senior Visiting Scientist, NEON
Wednesday, July 18, All-Camp Lecture
Strategies of Water Use -- How Different Trees Manage Their Water and What It Means for the Forest As It Changes
Gil Bohrer, Assistant Professor, Ecological Engineering, Ohio State University
Tuesday, July 24, Ralph E. Bennett Lecture in Mycology and Plant Biology
Conservation of Pollination Interactions in Pine Rocklands
Suzanne Koptur, Professor, Biological Sciences, Florida International University
Wednesday, July 25, Ralph E. Bennett Research Seminar in Mycology and Plant Biology
The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend: Tritrophic Interactions and Plant Defense
Suzanne Koptur
Tuesday, July 31, All-Camp Lecture
Invasive Species: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
Steve Pruett-Jones, Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
Wednesday, August 1, Research Seminar
Behavioral, Ecological and Developmental Correlates of Stress in Ground Squirrels
Jill Mateo, Associate Professor, Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
Tuesday, August 7, Harry Hahn All-Camp Lecture in Ornithology
Intense Natural Selection on Morphology of Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) a Decade Later
Mary Bomberger Brown, Coordinator, Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Wednesday, August 8, Harry Hahn Research Seminar in Ornithology
Lifetime Changes in Morphology of Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota): The Effects of Climate Variables, Colony Size, Gender and Senescence
Mary Bomberger Brown
